Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronyan played a draw with American Hikaru Nakamura in his third-round match at the Chess Masters Final 2011, being held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Garnering 5 points, Aronyan is now second in overall standings. The current leader is the Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk, who defeated world champion Viswanathan Anand, and he now has 7 points.  

Thursday is the tournament’s day of rest.